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New (couple weeks old) 323 NAS with two new 1GB drives set up to mirror mode (safest one for backup purposes).
Computer is couple years old, Vista machine with all updates, 500GB SATA drive and gigabit netework adapter.
I'm running a cable directly from machine to Bell Aliant Siemens Speedstream 6520 Wireless Router but with a cable directly from router to NAS.
Am only getting transfer speeds between 2-7MB/S.
After doing research I think my Bell-provided router is NOT gigabit, it is a 10/100 router.
If I buy a new (non wireless) gigabit router. And route my wireless + NAS through the new gigabit router will I get much improved speeds? Would love to see the +/- 15MB/S I'm hearing many others are getting.
Ideally I'd like to have all my pictures (new DSLR camera= large picture files of +/- 6MB) directly on NAS. Current slow transfer rates prevent me from quickly opening/editing pcitures directly from the NAS.
Right now I'm running everything off internal computer drive and just using the NAS as backup only. Current internal computer hard drive will soon be full.....
Any help would be appreciated. Thought I was computer savvy until I tried to figure out how to optimize speeds and started reading about jumbo frames, etc.....
Direct emails to removethisspamjunkcanuguy@gmail.com would be appreciated (remove this spam junk should be deleted)...
*********Just a couple extra bits of info....I'm usually getting an average transfer speed of 3MB/S. 7MB/S is rare. This is for both uploading and downloading (using Explorer)
*********Vista machine is relatively low end ~ 2GB Ram, AMD Dual Core 2.6GHZ, 32 bit system with a "Windows Experience Index" of only 3.
Last edited by canuguy (2009-11-29 08:07:16)
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Does your "relatively low end" machine have a gigabit network card?
The maximum speed you can expect on a 10/100 mbps network will be roughly 8~9MB/sec - to get faster speeds you'll need to move to gigabit which means a gigabit switch and gigabit NICs for every computer that you wish to use on the gigabit network - you can plug 10/100 NICs into your gigabit switch, but quite obviously, you won't see any improvement in throughput.
Rather than buying a "new (non wireless) gigabit router", why not buy a gigabit switch, it's probably going to be cheaper than a new router, and maybe even one that supports jumbo frame.
To get faster throughput from your current hardware, try defragmenting the drives and see what happens.
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Yes, network card on my computer is gigabit, but current router is not. Shall look into gigabit switch (didn't know you could get this). Thx for info.
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